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This snack keeps coming back in increasingly interesting iterations. I recently picked up some hemp hearts and wanted to bake something with beets, so I returned to the protein puff framework and swapped out a few items. The results were FABULOUS and you can do a sweet version or a not-so-sweet version. What can I say, I seem to like fuschia-colored foods!

Ingredients:

1 ripe banana

1 boiled beet

2 tbsp. coconut oil

2 large egg whites

2 tbsp maple syrup (double this for a sweeter version)

1/4 cup melted 100% chocolate (2 oz.)

1/4 cup peanut butter (or other nut butter)

1 tsp. baking powder

2 tbsp. golden flax meal

1 1/2 cup oats

2/3 cup hemp hearts

1/8 cup candied ginger, cut into small chunks (sweet version)

1/8 cup sunflower seeds

1/8 cup pumpkin seeds

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

In a double boiler, melt the coconut oil, dark chocolate, peanut butter and maple syrup. Remove from heat when melted and combined.